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-At the Hannover Messe trade fair, Festo is showcasing three new Future Concepts for automation with superconductor technology
-Festo is showcasing three new, exciting concepts for the industrial application of superconductor technology at the Hanover Messe 2017.

"We are excited to officially unveil our new logo and website. The past three years have been spent building the technology and solving customers' problems. We have created a great product and felt this was the perfect time to build upon this growth and create an iconic brand," said Carl Vause, CEO of Soft Robotics Inc.

In 2014 in the UK, a large food manufacturer had to pay a £800,000 fine after a serious industrial accident. An engineer was trapped by the machinery while examining a conveyor belt and suffered major injury and ongoing nerve damage. An investigation revealed that this dangerous accident could have been prevented if a guard was in place on the machine. Here, Jorgen Saxeryd, safety products and functional safety advisor to ABB's food and beverage program explains how safety procedures must be developed in food processing plants.

RoboDrive motors were designed by researchers at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for the International Space Station. TQ RoboDrive is ideally suited for robotics because the motors are extremely compact, are half the weight and half the power losses at the same torque as other commercially available motors, and feature strong dynamics and precision.

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Dorner's 2200 Series Precision Move Pallet Systems are ideal for assembly automation. With features such as an innovative timing belt conveyor design and industry best pallet transfers, they get your product to the exact location, at the exact time and in the exact position it needs to be.
They are now available with new options such as heavy load corner modules with 150 lb. capacity and 180 degree tight transfer corners for compact loops.